Cap Gemini offices, Utrecht

Cap Gemini, situated in the new Papendorp office park near Utrecht, is a campus-like complex. It consists of an undulating, raised park landscape, from which five free-standing towers rise skyward. There is parking space underneath. The eye-catcher is an enormous, spider-shaped Plaza, which is half-submerged below the lawn. This central plaza contains the main entrance and forms the link between the various office towers. An important guiding principle for the design was ‘sustainability through flexibility’. In future, the various buildings can also be rented out individually without requiring substantial alterations.